Sentence Comprehension Checklist - for each word
1. What part of speech (pars
ōrātiōnis) is the word? Is it a noun, pronoun, adjective,
verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection?
2. Nouns (nōmina):
a. What
declension is it in (quotae dēclīnātiōnis est)?
b. What
gender is it (cuius generis est)?
c. What
number is it (cuius numerī est)?
d. What case
is it in (quō casū est)?
e. What
function does it have (cuius potestātis est)?
f.
What meaning does it have (quid significat hoc
nōmen)?
3. Pronouns (prōnōmina)
a. What gender
is it (cuius generis est)?
b. What
number is it (cuius numerī est)?
c. What case
is it in (quō casū est)?
d. What
function does it have (cuius potestātis est)?
e.
What meaning does it have (quid dīcit hoc prōnōmen)?
4. Adjectives (adiectīva):
a. What
declension is it in (quotae dēclīnātiōnis est)?
b. What
gender is it (cuius generis est)?
c. What
number is it (cuius numerī est)?
d. What case
is it in (quō casū est)?
e. What word
does it modify (cuī nōmini adiungitur)?
f.
What meaning does it have (quid sē vult hoc
adiectīvum)?
5. Verbs (verba):
a. What conjugation is it in (quotae
coniugatiōnis est)?
a. Is it
infinitive, indicative, or imperative? (estne
īnfīnītīvum, indicātīvum aut
imperātīvum)?
b. What
number is it (cuius numerī est)?
c. What
person is it (cuius persōnae est)?
d. Is it
transitive or intransitive (estne neutra an nōn)?
e. Is it
active or passive voice (estne āctīvum an passīvum)?
f. What
tense is it (cuius temporis est)?
g.
What meaning does it have (quid dīcit hoc
verbum)?
6. Adverbs (adverbia)
a. Meaning (quid significat)?
7. Prepositions (praepositiōnēs)
a. What case
does it take (cui casuī servit)?
b.
Meaning (quid significat)?
8. Conjunctions (coniūnctiōnēs)
a.
Meaning (quid significat)?
9. Interjections (interiectiōnēs)
a. Meaning (quid significat)?